Abstract
We report a case of a 69-yr-old previously healthy man with acute spontaneous Achilles tendon rupture and severe tendonitis, which occurred after 2 weeks of steroid therapy for newly diagnosed giant cell arteritis. The Achilles tendon rupture was treated conservatively and the tendonitis resolved incrementally with steroid dose reduction. The patient made a complete recovery. In view of the widespread use of steroids in practice, this novel case presentation has important clinical implications. The tendon rupture early in the course of high-dose steroid therapy expands the understanding of this adverse reaction, which was previously reported only with long-term steroid therapy. The severe tendonitis responded to steroid therapy reduction suggesting a dose correlation. This report adds to a sole previous report of a spontaneous Achilles tendon rupture associated with giant cell arteritis.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 326-328 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 3 |
State | Published - Jun 1 2003 |
Keywords
- Achilles tendon
- Prednisone
- Ruptured tendon
- Temporal arteritis
- Tendonitis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Microbiology
- Immunology and Allergy
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine
- Immunology
- Molecular Biology
- Hematology
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Medical Laboratory Technology